Marketing Strategy & Ideas

Marketing – Getting it done without falling into the rabbit hole

It's interesting to me as I talk with small business owners, more than I expect push marketing to the back burner of activities.   Smaller companies that don't have actual marketing staff have a bigger tendency because of the myriad of tasks they take on everyday.  Marketing is what drives a business, so how can you [...]

By | 2014-09-03T09:51:31+00:00 September 3rd, 2014|Marketing Strategy & Ideas|2 Comments

How Whole Foods Made Me a Brand Advocate

Have you had great experiences with a company that keeps you talking about that company and the experience over and over again?  Creating a marketing experience that is memorable and one that differentiates you from your competitors should be a goal every company. Let me share a recent trip to Whole Foods.  I was shopping [...]

By | 2014-07-08T08:50:16+00:00 April 1st, 2014|Marketing Strategy & Ideas|2 Comments

Grow Your Business With Experiential Marketing

Experiential marketing is defined as the art of creating an experience where the result is an emotional connection to a person, brand, product or idea. Experience marketing is a way to break though the noise and discover a point of differentiation. What experiential marketing means to your business Experiential marketing connects the brand with the [...]

By | 2014-07-08T08:55:36+00:00 March 3rd, 2014|Marketing Strategy & Ideas|Comments Off on Grow Your Business With Experiential Marketing

My Life on a Plate

If you watch the TV Show "The Taste" (well or even if you don't I'll explain) the theme of this week's show was "My Life on a Plate"  which meant that each contestant was to cook a meal that best represented who they are, showing their personality and character.  While watching, I immediately related it [...]

By | 2014-01-15T14:25:32+00:00 January 9th, 2014|Marketing Strategy & Ideas|Comments Off on My Life on a Plate

5 Steps To Rebranding Your Business

The process of rebranding starts from within, it's about how we want our brand to be perceived.  I know this because that's how it happened for me. I had been thinking about changing my company name and branding from GIR-Graphics & Innovative Resources for the past year because it just didn't represent my core services [...]

By | 2014-01-06T13:18:12+00:00 January 5th, 2014|Marketing Strategy & Ideas|2 Comments

Where Will You Focus Your Marketing in December?

What do most people do in December, are they working hard or hardly working? This topic was discussed recently by one of my mentors Darren Hardy, Publisher of Success Magazine.   I want to share what I learned and implement into my own marketing strategy. Most successful and focused business people don't fall into the holiday [...]

By | 2014-04-09T05:05:49+00:00 November 27th, 2013|Marketing Strategy & Ideas|Comments Off on Where Will You Focus Your Marketing in December?